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Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.9714,Lat: 40.9001
Elevation	611 meter above sea level
Local time	17:35:05pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Guarda
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo
Name	Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Freixeda do Torrão	5.1 km	West
2 Mata de Lobos	5.8 km	East
3 Vilar de Amargo	5.9 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Escalhão	6.6 km	NorthEast
5 Vilar Torpim	8.4 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	285 km	EastSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	301 km	SouthWest
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	547 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 139 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Duero main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Santa Maria de Aguiar (1.9 km² at a height of around 619 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 10.3 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 14 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 0%, low mountains: 96%, moderate high mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is nature.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Beira Interior

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 150 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vila Real Airport (at a distance of 76 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

7.1 km2

Nature

35.2 km2

44.7%

Agriculture

30.1 km2

38.3%

Viticulture

5 km2

6.3%

Urban area

1.3 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo in country Portugal

Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde	Portugal,Spain	35 km	SouthEast
2 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	74 km	WestNorthWest
3 Old City of Salamanca	Spain	110 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Douro Internacional	PT	3.3 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo Municipality

Type of weather in Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo Municipality	broken clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.1 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	41 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	07:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:25 Europe/Amsterdam